BREAKING: Germany’s top security official describes a shooting near a synagogue in the city of Halle as an anti-Semitic attack, says prosecutors believe there may be a far-right motive.
Germany’s top security official is describing the shooting in the city of Halle as an anti-Semitic attack and saying that prosecutors believe there may be a far-right motive.
The news magazine Der Spiegel, without citing sources, reported that the suspected assailant is a 27-year-old man from the state of Saxony-Anhalt, where Halle is located. It said investigators also have a video that the assailant apparently filmed with a camera on his helmet.Police in the German city of Halle say there is no longer an “acute” danger to the public after the shooting near a synagogue and at a kebab shop that left two people dead.
Spokesman Hana Rubasova says officers are focusing on synagogues and other Jewish buildings and objects, Prague’s international airport and the border.Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamacek says the Czechs are discussing the situation with German authorities. Police in Halle say one person was arrested but it isn’t clear whether more suspected assailants remain at large.A video broadcast by a German television station appears to show a man in a helmet and an olive-colored top firing shots in the eastern city of Halle.shown by regional public broadcaster MDR shows the man getting out of a car and firing four shots from behind the vehicle from a long-barreled gun.Police say two people were killed in Halle on Wednesday but many details remain unclear.
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